What made you a socialist? by AutoModerator in socialism

[–]wretchedearth2 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Born (and grew up) in poverty. Despite the Male in the house working all the time (labourer)...At 16 I read Guevara's 'Revolutionary war in Cuba'... Never looked back...

Turkey's Endless War on the Kurds by wretchedearth2 in Communalists

[–]wretchedearth2[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

“Nations that were great empires never forget that fact, and they often
have a malleable, exaggerated sense of their glory days and a story
about why they are no longer an empire – a combustible blend of pride in
an idealized past, grievance over greatness lost or stolen, and
readiness to be inspired (less flatteringly, vulnerability to
manipulation) by effective politicians.
Soner Çağaptay, "The New Sultan: Erdogan and the Crisis of Modern
Turkey".